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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Four Settings of Grain Stacks — A Common Sight in Eastern Clay 



oline engine. The system elevates, 

 cleans and grinds the grain — then 

 spouts it to a wagon on the lower level 

 or to any other place in the elevator. 



Stephen N. Lee was born at Rollag, 

 Norway, and came to the United States 

 with his parents when only six years 

 old. They first settled in Iowa county, 

 "Wisconsin, and later removed to Good- 

 hue county, Minnesota, where Mr. Lee 

 was educated. From 1879 to 1884 he 

 was engaged in the mercantile business 

 at Kindred, N. D. He retired from 

 business and returned to his farm in 

 Parke township. 



In 1890 Mr. Lee was elected a mem- 

 ber of the Lower House of the Minne- 



sota Legislature, serving during the 

 session of 1911 and the special session 

 of 1912. 



Mr. Lee 's farm of 240 acres is twelve 

 miles northeast of Barnesville. His 

 specialty is dairying, and the butter 

 made on the Lee farm always com- 

 mands a premium in the market. The 

 cattle are the milk strain of Short- 

 horns, graded up to three-quarters or 

 better. Corn has been grown for the 

 past ten years and some ripe corn was 

 harvested in 1915. Barley is one of the 

 crops that has proven especially suc- 

 cessful when sown on ground where 

 corn or potatoes have been grown. Clo- 

 ver, both red and alsike, that furnish 

 the hay ration for the cattle, and small 

 grains are the other leading crops. 



Residence of Hon. S. N. Lee, Parke Township 



